I like seeing who votes for what. It's useful info. It helps me identify those with similar tastes to mine, so I know whose recommendations are likely to appeal to me. And if someone decides to vote in line with someone whose judgment he trusts, what's wrong with that?

Anyway, open is open. Two-thirds of the months have closed voting and it's not sporting to try to chip away even more from the minority preference once the deal has been struck.

I like seeing who votes for what. It's useful info. It helps me identify those with similar tastes to mine, so I know whose recommendations are likely to appeal to me. And if someone decides to vote in line with someone whose judgment he trusts, what's wrong with that?

Anyway, open is open. Two-thirds of the months have closed voting and it's not sporting to try to chip away even more from the minority preference once the deal has been struck.

In other words, you aren't voting for what you want based on what you want, you are voting based on what others vote for. This is why to remove the names. I for one do not want my name showing and if that means no names show, so be it.

In other words, you aren't voting for what you want based on what you want, you are voting based on what others vote for. This is why to remove the names.

I think you mean "In other words that misstate what you said." Perhaps another poster is a reliable bellweather for a voter, better than the squibs. Not for me, though; I know what I like. However, in a democratic vote, people can use whatever criteria they wish--even the color of a tie, say.

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I for one do not want my name showing and if that means no names show, so be it.

I really think we need multiple choice votes. I would have voted for five or six of the titles this month.

I feel very much as you do. With multiple choice voting, one could vote across a spectrum of preference in the first phase of voting and there's a reasonable chance that one of the books you like might win in the end.

Of course, in the run-off vote it would be sensible to vote for only one option.

A problem would be that it might well result in too many books making it to the final round with the eventual winner being a minority choice. The present system has the advantage of giving a decisive result and still allowing one to choose a second preference if a first choice doesn't make it through.

Jon, I was hoping we could go all hidden or all visible for 2013, but I think you've just made the case for continuing the some months hidden/some months visible mix.

All hidden would be the best way to do it (IMHO). But if we have to go hidden and open, how about staying open for romance and classic and hidden for the rest and remember, come 2013, we can dump one of the classic. I have an idea what to replace the second classic with... free-for-all.

New here. Has an August book been selected? Looking forward to it. I've been in several book clubs, none lasted for more than a year. Excited to have found something online.

Melissa

Welcome Melissa! This book club has been going for three or four years now.

The August book hasn't been officially selected yet but we're close to that time. This thread we're in now is the "nominations" thread, which is now over, which is followed by a "first vote" thread, which is now also over, which is followed by a "run off" thread between the top two vote-getters, which is where we're at now.